Events for August 9, 2012
Thursday, August 9
Internationally renowned jazz drummer Akira Tana brings his group, The Secret Agent Men, to Yerba Buena Gardens. This hard driving Hammond B3 groove- oriented band will perform selections from the Sons of Sound releases Secret Agent Men and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Both feature well-known …
Come to the Chinatown Branch Library in San Francisco and learn how to fold a delicate paper lotus flower out of paper.
All materials will be provided. For all ages.
Celebrate the Schulz Museum’s Tenth anniversary with free evening admission, free ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery of Sonoma County and live storytelling and cartoon performance by artist Joe Wos.
SF IndieFest presents the August SoMa B.A.G. show including the latest work by B.A.G. Featured Artist Vincent Kukua whose drawings and comics are definitely not Bad Art. He will be hanging a series of paintings however…. Good or Bad? Come check em out and let …
Stop by Ambiance’s Inner Sunset store on August 9, 2012, for bubbly drinks, nibbles, and prize giveaways every half hour. Best of all, enjoy 10% off regular items and take an additional 20% off sale items.
Join SF Playhouse on Thursday, August 9 for the Thirsty Thursday “My Fair Lady” pre-show party.
You’ll mix and mingle at a pre-show reception and enjoy a discounted ticket price ($40 tix for $15, or $50 tix for $25) to their sexy, scaled-down production of My Fair …
Join local authors Angie Chau and Andrew Lam for a reading and discussion on Vietnamese American identity and literature and California.
The San Francisco Chronicle described Angie Chau‘s Quiet As They Come as “a powerful mix of tragedy and kindness, of miscommunications and all-too-painful empathy, which bound together are a resonating homage to many an immigrant.” Released by IG …
Local music fans are gearing up for warm weather and smooth sounds with the arrival of SFJazz Summerfest at the Stanford Shopping Center.
Mads Tolling Quartet - August 9
Mads Tolling is an internationally renowned violinist, composer and member of the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet. Formed in 2007, …
Local music fans are gearing up for warm weather and smooth sounds with the arrival of SFJazz Summerfest in Union Square.
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - August 9
Led by the magnetic vocalist and guitarist Quinn DeVeaux, the Blue Beat Review distills the blues, gospel, …
Advance ticket for “Outside Lands NightLife” (8/9/2012) are now sold out. There will be no tickets available for sale at the door.
This week, newly acclaimed folkie pop band Of Monsters and Men hits the stage at NightLife.
After stomping out their competition at Músiktilraunir, a …
Cumbia Tokeson fuses chicha (Amazonian psychedelic guitar cumbia popular in the ‘60s and ’70s) with accordion-driven melodies and hard grooves of Colombian cumbia, adding in reggae, funk, and punk. Definitely sweat-inducing dance music.
Come early for free cumbia dance lessons.
Check out the entire 2012 Season of …
The sparkle of San Francisco Bay is a familiar sight. Its waters are a nursery for fish, a highway for oil tankers, and the backdrop to more than 7 million human lives.
Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and Kathleen M. Wong discuss the natural and human forces …
Board the historic, three-masted schooner Balclutha to experience maritime films right on the water.
August 9, 2012 – Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain (Russell Crowe) pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit …
Attend a free summer outdoor film screening under the stars and close to the water as part of Jack London Square’s “Waterfront Flicks” Thursday night series. Movies start at dusk, but arrive early for trivia and prizes.
August 9th screening is Moneyball
Waterfront Flicks 2012
Free outdoor movie …
Ray of Light Theater, our favorite local theater troupe in SF, is tackling the demon barber of Fleet Street with their production of “Sweeney Todd.”
The musical, which runs ends its four-week run this weekend at The Eureka Theatre in the Financial District and features Music and …
The Lee Boys are one of America’s finest African-American sacred steel ensembles.
“Sacred steel” is a type of music described as an inspired, unique form of Gospel music with a hard-driving, blues-based beat. The musical genre is rooted in Gospel, but infused with rhythm and …
Host and show creator Red Scott likes to explore the myriad of ways an individual can be indoors and fully protected from the sun. His podcast discussing Game of Thrones, “Boars, Gore, and Swords” has twice been featured on BoingBoing. He performs all over the …
Straight-ahead jazz from an up and coming lion and his trio.
Jesse Levit started playing the saxophone and piano at the age of seven. By the time he was sixteen, he was playing gigs around the Bay Area and had recorded on two CDs, Oaktown Jazz …
Every Thursday
So You Think You Can Paint has been cancelled. The last party took place on November 1, 2012.
Self-billed as “The World’s Most Creative Happy Hour,” bring a friend, paint a masterpiece at “So You Think You Can Paint?” at Club Six which opens up their …
If you happen to live in the 94102, 94108, or 94109 zip codes (that’s basically Russian Hill, Nob Hill and Tenderloin), you’ll get more than a cup of tea from your neighbors.
If you buy a drink, then you’ll receive a free drink ticket (on select beers …
Dance a summer evening away in San Mateo’s beautiful Central Park with a summer long of free concerts hosted by the City of San Mateo held every Thursday night from June 21st to August 9th, 2012.
Low-back chairs and blankets are welcome. Downtown parking is free …
Enron combines the jaw-dropping expose of a documentary with absurdist excess and puppets in a multifaceted and dynamic look at the greatest corporate scandal of our time.
>> Sorry! All of the $5 tickets have been claimed.
Tickets are normally $25, but Funcheapers can get the first 100 Tickets for …
On Haitus: Unfortunately 90s Night is on hiatus beginning January 2013.
All that she wants… is to relive the ’90s at the Hi-Fi Lounge every Thursday with 90 cent drinks for 90 minutes (8:30-10pm).
This ’90s dance party jams with DJ ILLBorn spinning “classics” from Montell Jordan,Vanilla Ice, Ace …
